Childcare when child is poorly

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Can I ask what childcare you have in place whilst at work and whether that would continue if your child was poorly.

I’ve only been back to work 6 weeks and baby is ill with sickness and diarrhoea but it’s the second time baby has been ill since I’ve been back. I’m wondering if I need to revisit my childcare decision.

Jesus! Is this serious. Your child is poorly. They want to be at home with their mummy (or daddy) and not with someone else. Fair enough maybe granny but if your little one is sick your employer will have to suck it up.

I'm astonished at the childminder who will take a child with D&V, I'm a childminder who caught a stomach bug from a child last week and had to close my setting, and then DD caught it too.
If your childminder gets ill then you'll need to take time off anyway.

It's not always that's simple looney. A lot of people can't just drop their job so easily. Or afford to not get paid.

Sympathies OP. We use working from home, unpaid leave, AL. My mum also did some days when they were little and we were desperate. They get everything going for the first two months in nursery.

We struggle too if children ill. We don't live in an area that has the nanny services that you can call on last min (that regularly gets chucked into these threads as a solution).

We have two elderly grandparents with MH issues that prevent them helping. Then there's one elderly grandparent who can help very occasionally so long as the child is ok in themselves (and usually feeds sugar and other crap despite being asked not to when they're ill).

So we have no choice but for DH and i to alternate but he's new in his job so it often falls to me at the mo. I work part time so try to swap days if poss but it's very stressful.

Some children are just poorly more often too. Our older children are very rarely ill and have always been this way. Our youngest is constantly snotty/throwing up/has a rash... all went to nursery from similar age and have had same background in other ways yet youngest is just a sickly baby.

Luckily I work part time evenings, DH can work from home if needed and his work are very flexible about annual leave. If that fails, my DM is down the road and retired and usually around / able to cancel plans. I know we have it good!!

We're hoping to get a nanny, rather than a day nursery. If the nanny gets ill, then we'll take it in turns to be at home with DD.

Thanks everyone. My sister actually watches my child for me whilst I’m at work but she has a 4 year old herself so has drawn the line at d&v and potentially hand, foot and mouth.

Whilst that’s fair enough I was wondering what other childcare options would be more reliable (for want of a better word) but it seems there is nothing.

My work are actually pretty good and will be flexible with me taking the time off. The problem is me and DH work together under the same manager so no diluting the frequency by sharing iyswim.

We eventually got a nanny. It was too difficult for us. My son was ill every three weeks on rotation and it was hideous. He was much better when at home with his nanny and socialising at play groups.

First Child - started settling in sessions before I had to be back in work to try and get some illnesses out the way, then had to alternate with hubby (no support here). Second child - total nightmare, initially got some of the girls who used to work at nursery to help out cash in hand (some had left but I kept in touch vaguely after my first) then switched to a nanny. Nanny for 2 kids is cost effective (well, compared to 2 in full time childcare) and covers all sick and holidays etc.

Dh or i work from home.